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New Year's Eve Countdown Party Invitations

New Year's Eve countdown party invitations with the numbers right on the front: Ball Drop with a dropping ball over a confetti border, Big Clock with a clock face at 11:59 in orange and yellow, and Ten to One, a typographic countdown between two streamers. Every badge reads COUNTDOWN AT 11:59. Made for a warehouse bash, a party with the neighbors or a family rec room. Type the crew and the address, and print or text.

3 designs

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Ball Drop — Countdown & Ball Drop New Year's invitation
Ball Drop
No photo needed · 3 palettes · Bungee
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Big Clock — Countdown & Ball Drop New Year's invitation
Big Clock
No photo needed · 3 palettes · Archivo Black
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Ten to One — Countdown & Ball Drop New Year's invitation
Ten to One
No photo needed · 3 palettes · Bungee Inline
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Hosting tip
Count down from a phone's clock rather than a streamed broadcast, which can run several seconds behind real midnight, and pick one person to call it. Keep a box of noisemakers back until 11:50, so the ones handed out at the door aren't all lost by the countdown.
How it works

Details, wording, colors, download

Open any design above in the maker. Type the hosts, the date badge and the address; the back has room for the line that sets the night up, whether that is the countdown time, a costume or decade theme, a game to bring or a plus-one policy. The wording ideas under the note field have funny and countdown lines ready.

Pick one of the three palettes drawn for the design, then download a 5 x 7 PDF (front and back), a two-per-sheet letter PDF for home printing, print-shop PNGs with bleed, 4 x 6 PNGs for a photo counter, a phone-sized PNG or a Word file. For more lines to put on the card, see the New Year’s invitation wording ideas.

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Frequently asked questions

Which countdown design suits a family party?
Ten to One. Its sample is a family rec room at 8 PM with "Bring your loudest noisemaker" on the back. Big Clock's sample is a house party with the neighbors, and Ball Drop is set up for a bigger bash in a warehouse.
What if we're counting down before midnight?
Change the badge to your time. On Pacific time, a 9 PM countdown lands with midnight on the East Coast, an easy fix for a family with young kids. For a children's party at midday, see the Noon Year's Eve designs.
Updated through May 2026